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Vatican finance

Will Leo’s reforms get an assist from Cardinal Pell?

Will the pontiff dust off old policies for new reforms?

JD Flynn
Aug 11, 2025
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The Vatican on Saturday released new norms as a part of a multi-year effort to standardize the process of awarding contracts to vendors and service providers working with the dicasteries of the Holy See.

Pope Leo XIV. Credit: Vatican Media.

The new norms have widely been taken as a sign that Pope Leo intends to move forward rapidly with the financial refo…

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